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Gratitude is one of the most powerful methods for making yourself happier. When you’re feeling stressed, gratitude is the antidote that can neutralize the negativity that’s pervading your mind. Rather than ruminating on all the problems and pressures you’re facing, taking time to be grateful can...

Everyone wants to have more joy in their life, but many people wonder how to actually go about achieving a higher level of happiness. There are four phases, the first of which is to find the motivation for making the effort it takes to become happier. Next is learning exactly what you need to do...

Over the next few weeks you're going to find yourself in front of some very tempting holiday treats. Undoubtedly your plan is to eat reasonably this year, but that's always been your plan in the past. How well has that worked out for you? If you’re like most people you can recall looking at delicious...

Thanksgiving is here. Most employees will welcome having a few days off for rest and relaxation. But according to Gallup polls, 70% of working Americans will be grateful they don’t have to go to a workplace they dislike. Some scoff at the expectation that employees should expect to be happy at...

We all want to be happier – but it takes knowledge and effort to improve our wellbeing. We often continue to do what we’ve always done. It’s familiar. It allows us to feel comfortable, even though it leads to languishing in life, or worse – suffering. Kim, for instance, is a single woman who wants...

The only thing that really matters in life are your relationships to other people,” says George Valliant, a Harvard professor who has studied adult development for 70 years. After decades of looking for the key ingredients of what gives people a good life, Valliant has concluded: “Happiness equals...

To be happy you must generate a minimum of three positive emotions for every negative feeling you experience. Numerous studies have affirmed that dipping below the 3:1 positive-negative threshold puts people into a state of languishing or suffering. Simply stated, you’re either feeling quiet desperation...

Happiness is hard to hold onto. Sometimes we speculate that people who are rich and famous must always be happy, but studies show that’s not true. In spite of what people post on Facebook, when you really get to know someone you quickly discover they’re struggling to deal with some problem. There’s...